Necessity of setting up the course on clinical healthcare-associated infection according to case-based teaching method in medical higher education

VernacularTitle:从临床医院感染学案例式教学看医学高等教育中该课程设置的必要性
Author: Liang HUANG ¹ ; Hong-Jun DENG ; Zhen-Hua HE ; Cai-Hua FU ; Ji-Ying XIONG ; Fei DENG
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1. 南华大学附属第二医院
Keywords: clinical healthcare-associated infection; medical student; setting up of course; teaching method
From: Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2018;17(2):151-155
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the necessity of setting up the course on clinical healthcare-associated infection (HAI) and effectiveness of the case-based teaching method in medical higher education.Methods 198 students who underwent internship in a hospital between July 2015 and July 2016 were selected,according to whether they selected clinical HAI coures,they were divided into course selective group(n =107,adopted case-based teaching method) and unselective group(n =91),questionnaire survey on the knowledge and attitude of HAI was carried out.Results The average score on HAI in selective group was higher than that of unselective group([85.3 ± 1.6] vs [58.3 ± 1.8],t =111.72,P＜0.01).Before and after conducted case-based teaching method,21.49％ and 47.66％ of students actively studied respectively,difference was significant (x2 =16.195,P＜0.01).Conclusion It is necessary to carry out a systematic course on HAI,case-based teaching method can improve the learning enthusiasm of students.